is in dispute with japan, as well as with the philippines. this is significant, because what we're seeing is we're seeing increased tensions in that south china sea area, and the reason the u.s. should care about that is that there are an estimated 213 billion barrels of untap ped oil reserves in those -- under those seas, so that's why this is a high stakes game and that's why the u.s. navy, as we've reported in recent days, is starting to project a stronger presence in the south china sea, because of these disputes and because of the importance in terms of oil reserves and china trying to sort of gobble up these areas, jenna. jenna: interesting to note that. you walk through the halls of the pentagon every day. is there a concern we're shifting too quickly away from the middle east to kwraeurb? >> it's official, our -- our chief at the pentagon asked admiral jonathan greener that this morning and his response was the strait of hormuz off of iran keeps him up at night, so on the one hand, there's a lot of focus, you heard last week president